Bitcoin

Historically, currencies like the USD acted as abstraction layers, allowing us to translate the value of apples, houses, and stocks into a single universal language. Tokenization obliterates this framework. It makes anything exchangeable for anything else. Imagine swapping loyalty points for a stake in a music NFT or trading your onchain credential... See more

BTC: A relic of the past.

We think Bitcoin (assuming the Trump rhetoric is delivered) is a clean buy over the course of the year. We could envision some early-year weakness for technical reasons. But any dip is a buy to hold for much higher levels later this year.

Joe McCann • Asymmetric Market Update™️ #25

Institutions are finally getting a way to earn real yield on their Bitcoin — without giving up custody or taking on bridge risk. Enter lstBTC, a new institutional-grade Bitcoin yield product from CoreDAO and Maple Finance, designed to turn idle BTC into a performance asset. Backed by trusted custodians like BitGo, Copper, and Hex Trust, lstBTC enab... See more

Asymmetric Market Update™️ #30

At the end of the day, continued fiscal deficits will increase US public debts, which requires more liquidity, more monetization and more currency debasement.

Which is good news for holders of scarce assets (equities, RE, gold, BTC, crypto).

Delphi Digital • The Year Ahead for Markets 2025 - Delphi Digital

Back in 2013, there was a point where 48.3% of the coins hadn’t moved in over a year, even though the network was still relatively young. The resulting bull market unlocked a lot of those coins, and the ratio fell to 35.7% in 2014. This was a 12.6% reduction in the ratio.

In early 2016 after a long bitcoin bear market, 61.5% of coins had not moved o... See more

Lyn Alden • December 2024 Newsletter: The Rise of Digital Assets

PoW Token Holders’ Net Income = – Issuance

L1 & L2 Token Value Capture - DBA

In a world where the Fed — and other central banks — are driving 5-7% annual debasement of their currencies, investors need to make more like 10-15% annual returns to outpace this loss in future purchasing power.

The Year Ahead for Markets 2025 - Delphi Digital

Right now, equities and crypto seem correlated, with many claiming both are risk-on assets driven by global liquidity. That’s wrong. Equities are a risk-on asset within the carry trade, fueled by global liquidity; Bitcoin, however, isn’t part of anyone’s carry trade—yet. And for good reason.

At its core, Bitcoin is the anti-carry trade asset. Its n... See more

Carry Trade Frenzy: Why Bitcoin Will Outlast Wall Street’s Leverage Game

When bitcoin is in a deep bear market, its market capitalization has historically dipped a bit below its on-chain cost basis. When bitcoin is near or below its cost basis, that has historically been an excellent buying opportunity, and in the past I’ve pounded the table on it when it reached those levels. There’s no guarantee it’ll reach those lows... See more